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By David Zinger on Apr 16, 2007 in David Zinger | 1 Comment
Lisa Hanenberg has just released a 27 minute audio of us talking about strength based leadership, engagement, and the power of the small. Lisa has done some fabulous work in management and leadership and I feel honored to be interviewed in the same fireside chat series that included Marcus Buckingham. Click here to visit Lisa’s [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 16, 2007 in Books, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Monday Morning Percolator, Personal Engagement, Techniques | 0 Comments
Zen is a practice, psychology, religion, and way of life. I have read Zen books and articles for over 30 years ranging from the poetic and peaceful insights of Thich Nhat Hahn to the raw zen of Chuck Norris.
To practice Zen is to be engaged.
Here is a short excerpt from Thich Nhat Hahn’s, Peace is Every [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 9, 2007 in Canada, Disengagement, Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Engagement Statistics, Leadership, Management, Monday Morning Percolator, Workplace Engagement | 2 Comments
If you are a leader here is an important multiple choice question. Your answer may indicate the role you play in your employees’ level of disengagement.
As a manager, my interactions with employees surrounding their performance is the following:
a. who has time to talk with employees about this kind of stuff?
b. we talk about how to [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 7, 2007 in Leadership, Strengths | 0 Comments
Here is a short quotation from page 9 of Marcus Buckingham’s, Go Put Your Strengths to Work:
While there are many good levers for engaging people and driving performance — levers such as selecting for talent, setting clear expectations, praising where praise is due, and defining the team’s mission — the master lever is [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 2, 2007 in David Zinger | 1 Comment
Are you decent?
I have just read the overview of Steve G. Harrison’s, The Manager’s Book of Decencies. It is subtitled how small gestures build great companies. This book sounds WE(E) to me and I look forward to reading it.
Here is an outline of what constitutes a small decency:
Greet coworkers authentically and personallyRemember to say thank [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 1, 2007 in Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Leadership, Monday Morning Percolator | 2 Comments
Holding Hands by http://flickr.com/photos/harpers/
The title of the third post I wrote in this employee engagement blog was: If it is to be it is up to me.
I appreciated the meaning compacted into a 10 2-letter word sentence. I was inspired by the sense of responsibility and accountability embedded in this pithy statement.
To percolate is to give something time and to let [...]
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT enriches everyone in the workplace. It is not sucking out more discretionary effort from employees.
Authentic employee engagement must function for the benefit of all: employees, leaders, organizations, and customers.
Employees have higher levels of satisfaction and contribution. Leaders are connected with employees and engaged themselves. The organization is functioning the way it should and customers are receiving the service they deserve.
Ultimately everyone is getting results that matter to them.
When this occurs, employee engagement transforms into a more powerful force --- workplace engagement.
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